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el_bryanto

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8. I don't know

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:31 AM

Apr 2015

It's certainly possible that Lincoln would have been able to finesse things better than Andrew Johnson - he might also have been able to keep corruption down. But, given the lengths the South was willing to go to to preserve their dominance over black people, actually achieving justice in that situation might have been beyond even his powers.

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150 years ago tonight: Lincoln shot at Ford's Theatre... [View all] Cooley Hurd Apr 2015 OP

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That *IS* fascinating!!!! Cooley Hurd Apr 2015 #3

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? AngryAmish Apr 2015 #2

*rimshot* Cooley Hurd Apr 2015 #4

I read Jim Bishop's "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" when I was about 13 and it still haunts me Siwsan Apr 2015 #5

I've read it, too - great book! Cooley Hurd Apr 2015 #6

And that was the worst thing for the South! Are_grits_groceries Apr 2015 #7

I don't know el_bryanto Apr 2015 #8

True Are_grits_groceries Apr 2015 #9

I'm fascinated by the assassination. cbdo2007 Apr 2015 #10

I thought that Google Doodle might commemorate the anniversary. John1956PA Apr 2015 #11

They probably will tomorrow for Pres Lincoln's death. cbdo2007 Apr 2015 #12